. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying, little fires starting. we had no water pressure. i knew we had a spa. so i carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could, just kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience. he's a nurse and now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there's no way to get any more water out of it. i took everything out i could. >> reporter: now mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> just my -- just can't express how much i feel for these other people. >> reporter: a few blocks over david and his two kids are going around turning off water and gas lines, baffled by the slow response. >> we saw a person who worked for the gas company. he walked up to me and said, hey, where's house number blah blah blah? i'm like why? he's like i need to turn off the gas. i'm like dude, look around, flare, flare, flare, flare. the hous

. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena, desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying and little fire starting and we had no water pressure. i knew i had a spa. so i just carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could and just kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience. he's a nurse and now all the homes on his block are gone except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> i took everything out i could. >> reporter: now mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> just my -- just can't express how much i feel for these other people. >> reporter: for homes like his and others that are still standing, he said it would be unimaginable to come back and find while your house survived your fire, all your precious belongings had been stolen by looters in the aftermath. that's why he's glad to see the california national guard coming to help, working at all the roadblocks at major intersections in the evacuation zone and the smaller side streets. >> i'm glad the

. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind on wednesday morning during the worst of the fire storm in altadenaate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying. little fires starting. and i knew we had a spot, so i just carried as many buckets as i could for as long as i could, and kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any fire fighting experience. he's a nurse. now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone, except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there is no way to get anymore out of it. >> reporter: and now mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> thank goodness. just can't express how much i feel for these other people. >> reporter: a few blocks over, david and his two kids are going around turning off water and gas lines, baffled by the slow response. >> we saw a person who worked for the gas company. he walked up to me and said hey, where is house number blah, blah, blah? and we're like why? i need to turn off the gas. >> i'm like dude, look around. flare, flare, flare, flare. the house you're talking about is way over here. >> rep

. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying and little fire starting and we had no water pressure. i knew i had a spa. so i carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could and just kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience. he's a nurse and now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there's no more to get any more water out of it. i took everything i could. >> reporter: now mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> just my -- just can't express how much i feel for these other people. >> reporter: a few blocks over david and his two kids are going around turning off water and gas lines, baffled by the slow response. >> we saw a person who worked for the gas company. he walked up to me and said hey, where's house number blah blah blah? i'm like why? he said, "i need to turn off the gas." i'm like, "dude, look around, flare, flare, flare. the house

. >> doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning, desperate to stick -- save his house. >> we had no water pressure, i knew i had this, so i carried as many buckets as i could and kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience, he is a nurse, now all the homes are gone, except before what he protected with his home depot buckets. now, mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> i just can't express it. >> reporter: a few blocks over, david and his two kids are going around turning off water and gas lines, baffled by the slow response. >> we saw a person who works for the gas company who walked up to me and said, i need to turn off the gas. i said, look around, and the house you are talking about is way over here. >> reporter: small acts of kindness, people helping neighbors often times that didn't even know. >> you definitely see a lot of strength and resiliency that comes out of the bad, there is a lot of good. >> reporter: paul from the santa rosa fire department knows this firsthand, not only was he on the ground in the santa rosa fires, bu

secretary nobody pete hegseth, his hearing will begin tomorrow, interior secretary nominee doug burgum i spoke with rogerterday, here's what he's expecting. >> he met with president trump this week along with your colleagues did you have a chance to speak with your colleagues you believe you have the bill in the senate to confirm all of his nominees. >> after count my chickens before they hatch but i think they need to go to the hearing process, the good get beat up by the legacy media and the left as well but i think the votes are there and i've interviewed these people one-on-one and they have been great communicators and great leaders, the very accomplished. somewhere outside of the box but i think we have the votes. >> what do you think, outside of the box is what president trump wanted, he wanted to drain the swamp he wanted outsiders. do you think 70 like pete had checked for defense secretary, does he get confirm? >> he does get confirmed is the most awesome defense secretary in our history, the reason why what i hear from hundreds of rank-and-file servicemen and women there fed up with business a